Horsham district champions rewarded

LEIGH ROGERS12 Sep 2012, midnight

SWIFTS' Ricky Whitehead and Noradjuha-Quantong's Fiona Rowe were the toast of the Horsham District league after winning the senior football and A Grade netball best and fairest awards at Holy Trinity Lutheran School in Horsham on Monday night.

Horsham district champions rewarded

Swifts players and offi cials crowd around Horsham District Football League senior best and fairest winner Ricky Whitehead on Monday night.

SWIFTS' Ricky Whitehead and Noradjuha-Quantong's Fiona Rowe were the toast of the Horsham District league after winning the senior football and A Grade netball best and fairest awards at Holy Trinity Lutheran School in Horsham on Monday night.

Whitehead finished the season strongly to win the Horsham Tyre and Battery Service best and fairest award with 24 votes.

He edged out Edenhope-Apsley's James Dixon and Taylors Lakes' Patrick Purcell, who tied for second with 23 votes. Last year's winner Tim Wade of Kalkee finished fourth with 21 votes.

Whitehead, 24, said he didn't give himself a chance to win. He didn't do a pre-season, then rolled his ankle in the first round.

Whitehead credited club president Robert Carey and coach Paul Hanns for helping turn his season around.